A Study of Smart Life Industry Development- An Example of Aging-in-Place for the Elderly

• Main Authors: Cheng-Hung Shih, 史長弘
• Other Authors: Shu-Hui Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40853395980092017968

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 企業管理學系專班 === 96 === Owing to the present phenomena influence on the changing of economic structure, advancing in medical skill, improving on education, changing in family structure, and entering job market by female, more and more countries face the impact by aging society, including Taiwan. Aging society brings serious social problems in the world. On the conditions of lots of families raising more children, the diminishing of labor market and demographic structure aging still can not solve the problem of aging society. The trend of fewer children makes this issue worse. Technology has developed rapidly in recent society and it makes aging people hardly to avoid using high tech appliances in their daily life. Therefore how to use high tech appliance to help the Elderly becomes an important issue. Design high tech products and provide service for the Elderly not only improving their lives, working environment, healthy care but also making the Elderly feel more independent, healthier, and happier to enjoy their lives. This research expects using literature review to understand “Aging-in-Place” need for the Elderly and introduce Smart Life from the demanding. Having interview with experts and scholars, who specialize in aging people and Smart Life field, send them questionnaires and using AHP methodology calculates the ratio later. According to the figure of ratio that I got from this study, introduce Smart Life into “Aging-in-Place” for the Elderly to reduce the impact on the Elderly homecare and increase acceptance of Smart Life to the Elderly. This study mainly focuses on three research purposes: 1.The trend of Smart Life’s developing framework applies to “Aging-in-Place” for the Elderly. 2.The trend of Smart Life’s developing system applies to “Aging-in-Place” for the Elderly. 3.The exploring issue of Smart Life applies to “Aging-in-Place” for the Elderly. First, the most important issue is to satisfy moving safety for aging people by understanding the ratio from different layers and introduce “Aging-in-Place” to the Elderly. Second, it is anti-disaster safety, physical health care, anti-crime, convenient life, comfortable environment, and mental healthy care. So “Safety” is the only thing that experts care, especially moving safety. Therefore the people, who promote Smart Life business, should focus on moving safety and anti-disaster safety at beginning. Later the promoter shall separate the needs by different stages or customers to proceed and introduce Smart Life.